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...East, Katrina- and Ike-size weather events at home--which has led to the rise of what the consultants call enterprise risk management. The level of risk a company is willing to take is articulated by the board of directors, and then measures of risk taken are gathered and fed up to the highest levels of management...
...taxes on beer, wine and soft drinks made by large producers. The taxes were also levied on the syrup used to make soda. Despite Governor John Baldacci's efforts to convince voters that the tax dollars would go toward more affordable health insurance across the state, an active "Fed Up with Taxes" campaign - funded largely by the beer, wine and soda industries - helped yield the "people's veto" Tuesday, with 63% voting for the repeal...
...food producers and tougher punishments for violators, poor oversight allowed producers to adulterate dairy products and animal feed with melamine until the latest scandal broke in September. And that means that after the livestock feed recall, the list of tainted products is likely to grow. "If animals are fed this stuff, then they have it in their meat," says Nestle. While Beijing has announced expanded testing procedures for the dairy industry, cracked down on melamine producers and begun investigating animal feed, it has yet to announce similar measures to test meat and eggs...
...Teflon chemicals [in pots and pans] on less evidence than we have for BPA," says Woodruff, "because there was concern that people were chronically exposed to a chemical linked to some evidence of potential human harm." Woodruff says the estimated range of exposure to BPA for formula-fed infants is within the range of doses that have led to adverse effects in animal studies...
...Four years later, the Institute of Politics Youth Survey indicates that young voters’ distaste for the status quo has intensified, fed by growing concern about the economy...